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University of Sussex

Brighton

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finding a place to live in the 2nd year

hi, im in my first year at the moment and starting to find a place to live for the second year. does the uni help us on finding a place or do i have to find on our own and where is the best place to search for houses if this is the case (e.g. internet)? thanks :smile:

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Reply 1

stosie

The housing list comes out in march and there are usually events like housing talks going on that week, but you do have to do most of the organising yourself.

University of Sussex

Brighton

Reply 2

eugenius 8

stosie

The housing list comes out in march and there are usually events like housing talks going on that week, but you do have to do most of the organising yourself.

oh ok, thanks, but a lot of people have already started looking for a place :s-smilie:

Reply 3

Wise One

Me and my housemates found a place in the September before term began. Try not to panic too much, or put stress on your friends, as - if not handled properly - the whole househunting process can put a lot of stress on friendships and social stuff.

And, at the end of the day, it doesn't really matter who you live with, as long as you've got a place where you feel comfortable. In the second and third years, it's a lot more about hanging out round other peoples houses, or going down the pub.

The year in halls is a bit of a one-off.

Reply 4

SussexJo

Housing talks now listed at www.ussu.info/events

Jo

Reply 5

Fate13

Home Leasing are bad news as agents. Stay well away... If you can get a house directly with a landlord through the uni housing list, you can save yourself a lot of hassle and money.

Agents generally... bad news - they know how to rip students off.

Reply 6

yemaya

What would you say is the maximum number of people it would be possible to live with next year? There's quite a big group that I'm considering living with but I don't know if it would be possible for us to all find a house together.

Reply 7

redluc

yemaya

7 is the highest number of people I know of, although you might be able to get houses for 8 or more.

Reply 8

stosie

My boyfriend lived with 8 a couple of years ago and it was way too many, the house gets really dirty and you usually end up with 2 separate groups forming. I'd say the optimum number is 4-6.

Reply 9

ledge

Homelets = conmen

Never known anything like it. Avoid like the plague

Reply 10

jointhedots

Fate13

Home Leasing are bad news as agents. Stay well away... If you can get a house directly with a landlord through the uni housing list, you can save yourself a lot of hassle and money.

Exception: if his name is Philip Hilliard.

Am I allowed to say that?

Reply 11

redluc

Yep, heard the name before, told to stay clear of the bow-legged one.

Reply 12

eugenius 8

me and a housemate have already emailed and recieved a reply about one of the houses on this site and we are quite interested:

http://www.accommodationforstudents.com/Brighton.asp

is that not good :s-smilie:

Reply 13

jointhedots

redluc

Yep, heard the name before, told to stay clear of the bow-legged one.

Haha really?

The guy is a nightmare...Our house was alright but he was so anal about us doing *anything* to it - he used to get all pissy and threaten to tell our parents (wtf, I'm paying the rent?) if we so much as moved the furniture.

Also, one day, he put a new chest of drawers in my room without having told me and transferred all my underwear from the old one to the new one...It kind of creeped me out :biggrin:

Reply 14

yemaya

redluc

7 is the highest number of people I know of, although you might be able to get houses for 8 or more.

stosie

My boyfriend lived with 8 a couple of years ago and it was way too many, the house gets really dirty and you usually end up with 2 separate groups forming. I'd say the optimum number is 4-6.

Okay, thank you both.

That plan has fallen through now anyway so I guess I don't have to worry about it.

I am starting to get so stressed about who I'm going to live with next year. It's hard when you don't have one set friendship group because all the friendships groups you are part of seem to assume you'll be living with someone else :s-smilie:

I feel like I keep falling between the net.

Reply 15

ledge

I'm living with randoms this year who I didn't even know

Answered an ad on gumtree

It's quality, couldn't have worked out better really, I also left it really late

Don't stress about it

Reply 16